The Cave

      I think it would be better living outside the cave. Being in a cave all of your life is very limiting, once you see what the outside world has to offer. I feel that once someone goes out of the cave and sees the beauty in the rest of the world: the sun, trees, grass, real animals and people, it is not longer an illusion, but a reality. The prisoners living inside the cave are limited to thinking that the shadows they see casted upon the walls are reality. However, going outside the cave, the idea of the shadows being reality soon becomes an illusion. The reality is outside of the cave. Although living inside the cave can protect one from the elements of the outdoors, going outside of the cave is much more rewarding. Once one sees what going outside of the cave has to offer, no one will be content returning to their old lives of staring at shadows on a wall. The shadows casted are not identifiable with the true reality of what is outside of the cave. If a prisoner inside the cave saw an animal, they may not be able to recognize it outside of the cave, in its true form. For these reasons I feel that life outside of the cave would be better.